IOCA (South) Regatta Fleet Training at Warsash Sailing Club
by Roger Cerrato 14 Apr 2018 22:19 BST
11-13 April 2018
IOCA (South) Regatta Fleet Training at Warsash © Geoff Camm
Sixteen enthusiastic young Optimist sailors participated in the latest IOCA (South) training event, hosted by Warsash Sailing Club. Although primarily a Regatta fleet event we were joined by some of the South Zone Squad which gave the less experienced sailors a chance to watch and learn from their peers.
Lead coach Will Bedford assisted by John Brooker, Nik Froud and Imogen Kemp kept the sailors busy with a mixture of drills afloat, shore based learning and some informal racing. Judging by the smiles at the end of the training on Friday afternoon everyone had a good time or maybe that was just due to the exceptional selection of cakes for Oppie tea.
Next on the IOCA South Training calendar is the regional regatta @ Burghfield SC on April 28th webcollect.org.uk/burghfield/event/2018-ioca-south-regional-regatta
Following this we have Pre Nationals Training running concurrently at Hamble River SC and Bosham SC on July 25th to 27th. Keep an eye on south.ioca.org.uk for further details, entries for Hamble & Bosham will open in May.